Question 1

In 1918,President Woodrow Wilson antagonized many Republicans

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   when he tied support of his peace plans to the midterm elections.
C)   both when he tied support of his peace plans to the midterm elections and when he pushed for the election of Democrats to Congress.
D)   when he refused to put prominent Republicans on the peace conference negotiating team.
E)   when he pushed for the election of Democrats to Congress.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

In his dealings with Pancho Villa,President Woodrow Wilson

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A)   eventually released Villa in order to smooth relations with the Carranza government.
B)   ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa.
C)   saw American troops capture Villa and bring him to the United States.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   both ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa, and eventually released Villa in order to smooth relations with the Carranza government.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

The Selective Service Act in the United States

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A)   drafted far fewer men than those who volunteered for military duty.
B)   gave the government, for the first time, the authority to draft citizens for military duty.
C)   brought nearly 300,000 men into the army.
D)   was supported by President Woodrow Wilson.
E)   was enacted during the last months of World War I.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

Why was trench warfare so common during World War I? What effect did it have on the course of the war?

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Question 5

The wild acclaim given by the European public to President Wilson allowed him to dominate the terms of the Paris Peace Conference.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

During World War I,airplanes were used for all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   reconnaissance.
B)   "dogfights."
C)   bombing the enemy.
D)   attacking other aircraft.
E)   transporting troops.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone,the United States

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A)   surrounded the canal site with a "Great White Fleet."
B)   organized a trade embargo against Colombia.
C)   purchased the land for the canal from Colombia.
D)   carried out the overthrow of the president of Panama.
E)   assisted a revolution in Panama.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

What does Woodrow Wilson's Mexican foreign policy tell you about his conceptions of government and leadership?

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Question 9

In the United States during World War I,the Committee on Public Information (CPI)

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A)   became a haven for pacifists and conscientious objectors.
B)   criticized the federal government's reporting of the war.
C)   was led by a panel of American military officers.
D)   established strict rules of censorship for journalists reporting on the war.
E)   became increasingly sensationalist in its information campaign.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 10

In the fall of 1915,President Woodrow Wilson

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A)   was firmly rooted within the peace faction of the Democratic Party.
B)   stated that the United States was likely to enter the war within a year.
C)   sent Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan to broker a peace settlement.
D)   ordered American troops to staging camps in England.
E)   began to support a rapid increase of the nation's armed forces.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" did not at first include a call for a League of Nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

One of the most important social changes of the war years was the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to California to work in defense plants and shipyards.This became known as the "Great Migration."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Assess the changes in U.S.foreign policy between 1898 and 1919.Where had American interests changed,and where did they remain the same?

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Question 14

The immediate spark for hostilities in Europe in 1914 was

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A)   the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
B)   a struggle between European powers for control of the international diamond trade.
C)   the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania.
D)   the death of Otto von Bismarck in Germany.
E)   the German invasion of Poland.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 15

The majority of American soldiers who fought in World War I were volunteers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following did the National War Labor Board,established in 1918,NOT grant to American workers?

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A)   equal pay to women for equal work
B)   collective bargaining rights
C)   an eight-hour work day
D)   maintenance of minimal living standards
E)   recognition of the right to strikeF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

The new Bolshevik government of Russia was not a participant in the Paris Peace Conference.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

During World War I,the new technologies of warfare

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A)   allowed the attack of the enemy without direct combat.
B)   created logistical supply problems, which slowed many offensives.
C)   All these answers are correct.
D)   were largely responsible for the appalling level of casualties.
E)   both created logistical problems, which slowed many offensives, and allowed the attack of the enemy without direct combat.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

In 1918,President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" received significant political support from

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A)   None of these answers is correct.
B)   the French government.
C)   both the British and French governments.
D)   the British government.
E)   the United States Senate.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

Why did the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment mark an end to a period of serious reform and idealism in the United States?

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